Track and field: Section 1 athletes eye big finish at state meet

6:00 PM,
Feb. 26, 2014

Mount Vernon's Rai Benjamin competes in the 300-meter run during the track and field for the Section 1 state meet qualifier at The Armory in Manhattan on Feb. 19, 2014. Benjamin will run in the 300 at Saturday's state and Federation championships at Cornell University.

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It was just last June when he raced around the Middletown High track to state Division 1 and Federation titles, winning the 400-meter intermediate hurdles.

Now the Mount Vernon junior will get a chance to become the state's finest indoors in the 300 Saturday at the NYSPHSAA and Federation meet, one of several top area talents who will be chasing medals inside Barton Hall at Cornell. ...